Apparatus for dyeing, &amp;c.



Patented Nov. 26, [901.

J. C. HAMIER. APPARATUS FOR DYEING, &c..

Application filed Maj 7, 1901.)

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Application filed May '7, 1901.)

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JOHN C. HAMER, OF RADCLIFFE, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DYEING, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,374, dated November26, 1901. Application filed May 7, 1901. Serial No. 69,179. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CHARLES HAMER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Radcliffe, in the county of Lancaster,England,(wh-ose post-office address is Withins House, Radclifieafresaid,) have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forDyeing and Otherwise Treating Fibrous Material in a Spun or other State,(for which I have made application for a patent in Great Britain, No.4,280, dated February 28, 1901,) of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to that type of ap paratus for dyeing and otherwisetreating fibrous material in a spun or other state wherein the materialto be treated, without using perforated spindles or tubes, is packed inperforated baskets placed removably into adrum which has rotary motionimparted, and the liquor is passed through and the superfluous liquorafterward extracted from the material by the action of centrifugalforce.

The object of my invention is to so construct the said type of apparatusthat the liquor is more evenly distributed over the material to betreated and the necessity hitherto experienced of reversing the saidbaskets in the said rotary drum is dispensed with, as well as in somecases the use of the liquorcirculatiug pump, and the liquor is notliable to atomize. I attain these objects by the means illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are respectively across and a longitudinal section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout both views.

a is the liquortank; 1), its cover; 0, the rotary drum; d, baskets; cand f, the liquor-inlets; g, the liquor-outlet pipe, and h the steamcoilfor heating the liquor, if required.

In carrying out my invention, and referring to the figures generally, inlieu of employing a drum provided with baskets to rotate in a horizontalplane I adapt such drum 0 to rotate the baskets (Z in a vertical plane.For

this purpose 1 form or furnish each side of the drum 0 with a trunniont' 7:, respectively, 't' be ing mounted in the bearings Z, formed on (orsecured to) the tank a of the drum in which it revolves, and is on thestationary liquor-inlet pipe e, passing through the axis of the saiddrum and being at one end mounted in the trunnion 1; and at the other inthe bearing m on the tank a. This pipe 6 is formed at its under sidewith perforations or a slot at, (01' slots,) which extend across thewhole length of the baskets cl] One end of this pipe is closed, whilethe other is suitably connected with a liquor-pump, as will be readilyunderstood without special illustration.

The trunnion at the closed end of the pipe 6 I furnish with a crank-disko, to be driven direct from an engine, or a fast or loose pulley may beused and the drum thus driven indirect, as will be readily understoodwithout illustration, whereby the said drum is rotated and can bestopped at will. Each drum side is formed with portsp, situated oppositeeach other between the pipe 6 and the bottom of the baskets d. To eachof the said ports I secure, outside of the said drum, a pipe f,projecting a suitable distance from the periphery of the drum sides andadapted to dip into the liquor in the tank a, in which the drumrevolves, and lift up liquor, which is discharged thereby onto thebottom of the baskets d from each end thereof,'which arrangements enableme to work with a smaller quantity of liquor than hitherto has been thecase.

The liquor used for treating the material in the baskets (Z maybedischarged upon the bottom thereof either by the liquor-pump forcing itthrough the perforated or slotted pipe 6 or by the'lifting-tubes fonly,or by both, as the nature of the material may require. When the drum 0is rotated, the centrifugal action set up thereby causes the libuorejected upon the bottom of the baskets d to be forced through thebaskets-4. e., the material thereinoack into the tank a. This operationis continued until the material in the baskets has been treatedsufficiently, after which the liquor-supply is cut off and thesuperflous liquor whizzed out of the material. The tank is furnishedwith a cover I), preferably hinged thereto,which prevents the liquorsplashing, and when thrown back allows the baskets cl,filled withmaterial to be treated, being readily placed into and removed from thedrum 0. The baskets (Z have each a lid q, one side of which is hinged tothe crosspieces 0" of the drum 0 and the other secured thereto by acatch 3, which lid also serves to keep the baskets in the drum 0. (SeeFig. 1;). By a-pipet the tank a may be also connected with an air-pump,(not shown,) which besides serving for the extraction of the superflousliquor from the material may, if necessary,

also be used for creating a vacuum in the apparatus previous toadmitting the liquor into the tank a. V

WhatIclaim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'

1. In apparatus for dyeing and otherwise treating fibrous material in aspun or other state, in combination a liquor-tank a having aliquor-outlet g, a drum 0 adapted to rotate in a vertical plane in thesaid tank, a stationary liquor-supply pipe 6 passing through the axis ofthe said drum, the latter carrying in its periphery perforated baskets dfor bolding the material to be treated and the said inletpipe havingperforations m adapted to eject the liquor downward against the bottomof the said baskets, all substantially as set forth.

2. Inapparatus for dyeing and'otherwise treating fibrous material in aspun or other state, in combination a liquor-tank (1 having aliquor-outlet g, a drum 0 adapted to rotate in a vertical plane in thesaid tank, a stationary liquor-supply pipe 6 passing through the axisand liquor-lifting pipes f at the sides of the said drum, the lattercarrying in its periphery perforated baskets 61 holding the material tobe treated, the said inlet-pipe having perforations m and thelifting-pipesf communicating with the interior of the drum, the formerbeing for ejecting the liquor down- JOHN C H-AMER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY E. BRAMALL.

